Sash-cord holder and connecter



\ Feb. 7, 1928.

M. DEUTMAN SASH CORD HOLDER AND CONNECTER Filed April 1-926 2 Sheets-Sheet. l

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Filed April 5; 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JW. Deutnzan/ INVENTOR ATTORNEY lll ill

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UhllTED STATES PATENT QFElQli.

MAX DEU'IMAN, OF ST. LOUIfiJ/IISSOURI.

SASH-GOBD HOLDER AND COJ'il'NECTER.

Application filed April 5, 1926. Serial No. 99,902.

To renew a sash cord in a window frame, it is necessary to remove the inside stop strip, the parting strip, and also the upper and lower sashes. In fact, the window construction is practically disassembled to gain access to the sash cord for the purpose of. properly renewing the same. This task is not only tedious, but it consumes substantial time and labor, not only in disassembling the parts, but replacing them.

With the above in view it is the purpose of the present invention to avoid these difiiculties, and in accomplishing such a result it is the aim to provide an improved holder and connector for one end of the sash cord to the sash, there being no necessity whatever for removing the stop and parting strips or the sashes.

Another purpose is to provide a removable strip at the lower end of each side rail of the window frame proper, to gain access to the weights, whereby the end of a sash cord may be connected ordisconnected to and from the weight. y

Still another purpose is to provide a connecter and holder mounted upon the face of one of the side rails of the sash, the removal of a cover plate permitting access to a slide and the knotted end of the sash cord, so that the sash cord may be disconnected or connected, as is shown in the drawings. 7

It isto be understood that the particulars herein given are in no way limitive and that while still keeping within the scope of the invention, any desired modifications of detail and desired proportions may be made in the apparatus according to circumstances.

The invention comprises further features and the combination of parts. as will behereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed. 7

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a window showing two sashes, and illustrating the connecter or holder for the sash cord as applied in accordance with the invention, said view also disclosing the removable strip at the base of the side rail of the frame.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view in elevation of a portion of one of the sashes (which is partly in section) with the. connecter or holder countersunk in the face of the sash.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 3--3 of Figure 2.,

Figure ti is a detail perspective view of the boxing or holder to be countersunk in the face ofthe sash. 1

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of the slide which retains the sash cord as connected to the holder.

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of the cover for the holder.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the lower right hand corner of a window frame, showing the removable strips which may be removed for permitting access to the sash weights.

Figure 8 is an edge view in elevation of one of the stripswhich is shown in Figure 7.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a window frame of conventional construction, and the lower inside wall of each side rail of the frame has two removable strips 2 and 3. The strip 2 has a beveled end 4 to engage with a bevel 5,'there being a metal vplated for holding the stripQ in position. The

metal plate 6 is secured in place by screws 7 The strip 3 has a beveled end 8, which engages a bevel 9, there being a screw 10 for holding the strip 3 in position. In fact, the

screw 10 passes through the bevel-faces and into the side rail of the frame. I The removal of these strips 2 and 3 permits access to the interior of the side stile of the window frame, for the purpose of attaching thesash cord 11 to a sash weight 12. Obviously, the two strips 2 and 3 may be removed, the'sash weight lifted through the opening from which the strips 2 and 3 are removed, and then the sash cord may be pulled sufficiently ,to attach the same to the weight in the usual manner. The weight is then restored tothe interior ofthe stile, and the sash cord 11 is then conveyed upwardlyv over theusual pulleys at the top of the frame. The sash cord beyond the pulley is conveyed downwradly through the groove 18 in the side rail of the sash, and then through a lateral passage 14 in the rail.

Each rail of the sash upon its inner face has a depression 15, in which the metal holder or boxing 16 is countersunk. The main portion of the holder or boxing is U-shaped,

as shown in Figure l. In other words, the main body of the holder or connecter come prises one side wall 17 and two end walls18, there being ears 19 integral with the end walls and countersunk in the face of the side rail of the sash for the reception of securing means to hold the boxing in the depression,

The corres ending arallel and ed es of the a) end Walls of the main body of the boxing or holk'le'r have guide grooves 20, which receive a slide 21. This slide has two transverse slots 22 and 23. The former is of EL size suflicient to receive theend portion of the sash cord after protriiding' through the passage 14. The eXti'emiQ- of the sash cord after engaging through thcslot QQisforMed with e knot 24, thereby operatively anohoi ing the end of the cordt'o the sash. Obviously, the knot of the sash cord is at all times accessible, by removing a cover 25, which is secured in place by tliesame seeming means 26, that secure the body of the hoxing in the depression: For ifistenee, after removing the cover by detaching the'securingflmeans 26,1119 slide infamy i'eiiiovedfln which ease the cord may be. either attached ondetac'hed; Iffa c'ofdis being renewed, then the Cordis' attached to the slideby Inakingthe knot. Previously to installing the new cordit is necessary to remove the old c'oi'rd.

e tr'aiisii'ei's'eslotfl3performs a double fold urpose *ofattching a sashwire (not shown'yfito thesasm and has means to assist remox ing the slide. In other words, if a wire is used in lieu of a rope, it being smalleriddiafnter'; it "may engage through the slot 23,- inwhich czise a knot is formed in the extremityofthe Wire (not shown) in tliesame manner as kiiot'ting, the co'i-d or rope. After removihg the cover; the slide iseasfly 'removed, hyjinseiting the sharp point {1T1 'iiistriii'n'eiit' in the slot- 23, enabling" a pullling iidfidfl tf) bimparted fti'th Slide ibl the 150ip'oseof efiti'ieating it, espeeiafly shonldit bind in the grooves 20. 1

Theginvention havingbeen sefi'ior'flh,what is claimed is l. Asenarticl ofrnanufacture, a sash ooi-d'hold'er and connecte'r, comprising-a boxing adapted to be countersunkin the face of the siderail'of '& sashin close proximity to movementwhen s0 arranged by the pull-of the sash cord thereon; and 'a cotter for the boxing.

2. As an article of manufacture, a sash cm'dholdei' :mdconnecter comprising! a boxing having; an open face and adapted to be coi'intm'snnli in theface ot' the side rail of a sash in at position in closepi'oximity to the sash corcli'ee'eiving edge of the sash, means ren omblylslidahle Within the boxing and to which t o sash coidnmy he rronnected for connecting the sash cord to the szish, said means comprisinga slide withmezins sew: ing a tool engaged elem-lent for removing the slide and also serving as addition-a1 meme tor attachin a relatively smaller szishcdrd, flanged guides inthe boxing in which tha element reeived end a 'cover fer theboib mg.

3. As an article of manufacture, asislli cord holder or connector comprising a; boxadfi ited to he countersunk in: theme of thesidemil of a sashirlclose positionto the szish c'ord ofedge of the sash, said boxing having guidesya slide operable in the" guides and provided with means Wherehy'thsash cordwnayhe connected to the slide, and means carried by the slide servingtoiissist in eXti-icatin'g the slide;

el-jiisnn article of rnzr'niifiiotili'e, asash cold holderoi' connecter] comprising a sub"- stziliti ellj' U-shuped member, designed tohe lefiinto'a sti Ieof ztszisliff'oih the outer fae thereof, said member having earsv liiol'i he also" let in the sash and having iteopee end ztfrzing'e'd in close pro'ximi'tyfo the other edge of the stile, andthe flanges rovided by its said open end termed with depending flanges establishing agroo've thefebetweeii, a plhte notched ion the i-eceptionof a sash cord and said cord" designedto be knotted ageinst'the pl'site'; said" plateh Eng elidehl into the grooves and a closure plate also let in the stile 6m sash and contacting with the outer edge of] the Li -shaped member and having seeming element's oassing therethrough and through the ears the U slmped mernhezi lntestilnony whereof I mysigntture.

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